David Wales

Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland

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Frederick Herman Tilberg



The American Civil War battle at Antietam, Maryland,(called Sharpsburg by the Confederacy) on 17 September 1862, has been called the bloodie…

Andreas Vesalius, The Reformer of Anatomy

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James Moores Ball



Vesalius (born in Brussels, 1514-1564) is one of the foundation stones of modern medicine. Forsaking the study of anatomy by reading the anc…

Thomas Carlyle

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G. K. Chesterton



A short biography (1902) of a famous writer (Carlyle) by another famous writer (Chesterton). The first half exhibits Chesterton’s sly wit a…

Understanding English Cathedrals: Terminology, Architecture, Organization, And Personnel

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Esther Singleton



This recording comprises chapters from two different works: How To Visit The English Cathedrals (1912) by Esther Singleton, and The Cathedr…

Harmer John; An Unworldly Story

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Hugh Walpole



Hjalmar Johanson (novel, 1926) is a boyish unworldly Swedish body builder come to Walpole’s fictional cathedral town of Polchester. His name…

The Irish Nuns at Ypres: An Episode of the War

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Dame M. Columban



“…I have charged Dame M. Columban to give a detailed account of all that has befallen the Community, since the coming of the Germans to Ypre…

Life In California, Excerpted From 'Roughing It' By Mark Twain

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Mark Twain



This recording is chapters 56 through 61 plus 78 of the 1879 edition of 'Roughing It' by Mark Twain (1835-1910). The chapters contain in Tw…

Into The Valley Of Death: Crimea, Balaklava, The Light Brigade: Russell, Tennyson And Kipling

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Various



The Charge Of The Light Brigade (1854) is a famous poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. It is about, among other things, the valor of soldiers and…

Life At The Zoo: Notes And Traditions Of The Regent's Park Gardens

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Charles John Cornish



London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. Opening in 1828, it was originally intended to be used as a collection for the scientific…

Minstrel Weather

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Marian Storm



A series of poetically written meditations on the seasons and other nature subjects. Or “ …Minstrel Weather, a series of open-air vignettes…

Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia

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Joseph P. Cullen



Richmond, Virginia, was the capital of The Confederacy during the American Civil War, 1861-1865. It was the focus of two military campaigns…

Christmas Tales Of Flanders

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Andre De Ridder



“The Christmas Tales Of Flanders presented in this volume are popular fables and legends current in Flanders and Brabant, which have for cen…

A Christmas Miscellany 2022

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Various



Seven stories, chapters, essays, or poetry about Christmas or around Christmas. - Summary by david wales

Robert Louis Stevenson

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G. K. Chesterton



This short early twentieth century biography of Robert Louis Stevenson by polymath Chesterton and journalist Nicoll is also sometimes entitl…

Portrait Of A Man With Red Hair; A Romantic Macabre

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Hugh Walpole



Is the father insane or merely sadistic, a man entombed in a spirit of malevolence? This 1925 novel by a perceptive observer explores the te…

Lincoln's Yarns and Stories

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Alexander K. Mcclure



“A Complete Collection of the Funny and Witty Anecdotes that made Abraham Lincoln Famous as America’s Greatest Story Teller With Introductio…

The Winnowing Fan: Poems On The Great War

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Robert Laurence Binyon



This little gem of a book contains twelve poems about World War I. There is more to it than its intrinsic value as verse. Edward Elgar (18…

News From No Man's Land

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James Green



James Green (1864-1948) was a Methodist minister who was a chaplain to Australian troops in the Boer War and in the Australian Imperial Forc…

Post Mortem: Essays, Historical And Medical

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Charles MacLaurin and Charles Maclaurin



This 1922 collection of extensive essays comprises well written biographies of a few famous folk. The life narratives include analyses of me…

Silly Verses: Selections From Shores, Carroll, Lear, and Gilbert

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Lewis Carroll, W. S. Gilbert, Edward Lear and Robert J. Shores



Silly and fun verses beginning with the lesser known Robert J. Shores and going on to the more known Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, and W.S. Gi…

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